Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02
RAOUL OR ALEXANDER.
NUMEROUS WAGERS LAID ON
THE RESULT.


The Presidents Friends Confident and
the Generals Positive That the ss'es
or victory wan Perch On Their Re
spective Standards The Interest
Deepening.
Respecting the question which party
will win, the Raoul or Alexander, in the
contest for the control of the Central, the
public mind was no nearer settled yester-
day than it was the day before, and the
chances are that it will not be settled at
oil until the decision Of the judges OF the
election is rendered, and may not be then.
There were quite number of bets yester-
day fol small amounts. but generally they
we're even bets. II a Raoul adheTent
wanted to back his Judgment with a new
hat or a little cash. an Alexander man
appeared to be on hand to take
his bet, and the same was
the case when an Alexander adherent
desired to show his confidence in the sue
cess of the Alexander party. dis bet was
certain to he taken very quickly. Ii there
were any large amounts bet no mention
OF the fact reached the public.
IN THE CENTRAL RAILROAD BANK
there was busy scene all day yesterday.
Although it vas holiday, and no bank
ing business was done, there were anX-
ious, busy men gong into and coming
out of the bank building. The Proxie
Committee, composed OF Messrs. j NJ.
lIuerard, L. NJ. Green, j. j..
Wilder and George j. Mills.
were busy with an immense pile of proX-
les, and there were indications that they
were finding some tangles. However,
they pushe0Fou their work patiently,
and, doubtless, cOnsoentiously The
committee is a fair one, being coSposed
of an equal numb Of representatives
from either party.
IT Is MARVELLOUS
how confident each party appears to be-.
Neither has any hesitation in assert
log that it is absolutely certain OF victory.
Some OF the Alexander Workers said last
night that toe Alexander managers. dur
ing the day. bad submitted TO the Proxy
Committee proxies for over 81 900 shares,
or about half of the entire stock. The
same workers said that they would sub
mir quite 2 number 0f thousands more
shares on Monday. 1t would seem as II
there were nothing more 10 be said, but a
slight talk with Raoul manager leaves
the impression that, notwith standing all
of these thou sands of shares, there Is
something wanting 20 give the Alexander
party the victory. What is it that is
waning? Is il that The Alexander mana
gers haven't the stock they clam, or is IL
That the validity OF some of their proxies is
10 be questioned; That is question that
cannot be answered, but that something
1sin the wind there doesn't appear to be
any doubt.
THE RAOUL PARTY
claim to have control of enough stock and
proxies TO give them the electlOn-that is,
that hey have got more than half of all
that is likely TO be voted. To reconcile
the statement of the two parties it is
necessary to assume that both parties
hold proxies for the same stock. IL that
he the case, and tits reasonable to suppose
1t is, it can be readily understood why
both sides are so confident.
The important question. however. is, who
holds the proxies which the judges will
count? SAID we'll informed gentleman
last night: 81 shouldn't wonder if the
whole business wound up IN court" BY
that he meant that a lawsuit was threat
-ened in connection with the proxies. The
same gentleman remarked "The proxies
of men will be offer ed to be voted, prob
ably. who do not own dollars worth Of
stock. Their names are on textbooks as
stock holders, but their stock has passed
ous Of their hands. The question is, are
, their proxies valid under the cOmpany's
charterT
THERE IL ~ DOUBT THAT THOUSANDS
of shares have changed hands since tn g
hooks of the company were closed on Oct.
2. IL has not been transferred on the hooks
TO the names of the rghtlul owners, be-
cause stock transferred after the book S
have been closed cannot be voted. But can
the parties vote it who no longer own it
but who appear as the OWNED of it on the
books? This IS the question that was
talked about a great deal yesterday, -hSL
nobody seems to know whether
there is any MISUNDERSTANDING tn
tiOn at tie election. One orr
election said yesterday that be Mr.
nothing about it, except in so far as
referred TO in reports that have -
floating about. He said he was surA
however, that nothing would be attempt
efl or permitted that was not per ectly
legal aud fair. A representative Of the
Alexander party said that any objection
~ their proxies, like that above suggest
cd, would be brushed aside as easily as
"a eobweb can be brushed aside with a
erowbar.
There have been efforts made by both
parties to control the votes of those hold &.
ing large blocks of stoIi home of the
displayed - this ore of the contest
The ballot begin at 10 O'Clock
tomorrow morning and will continue as
long as there is any one TO vote.
A Der of stockholders arrived in
the city yesterday and last night. Many
more are expected to-day. Gen. Alexan-
der's friends paid good deal OF attention
10 the visiting stockholders and urged
them all TO visit his headquarters at the
Screven House, room No. 100.